USMRA Mine Disaster Database
Search all coal and metal and nonmetal mine disasters where 5 or more miners were killed since 1839. Also contains information on hundreds of successful mine rescues and incidents of rescuer death.
CDC/NIOSH Mine Disaster Table
Table listing of all mining disasters with 5 or more fatalities since 1839.
Coal Fatalities Since 1900
Table listing total fatalities and employment at coal mines since 1900.
Metal & Nonmetal Fatalities Since 1900
Table listing total fatalities and employment at metal and nonmetal mines since 1900.
Calendar of Mine Disaster Anniversaries
Commemorating mine disasters where 10 or more miners were killed.
MSHA s Fatality Archive Database
This searchable database was created by the library as an index to its collection of fatality reports located in the Accident Investigation File Archives of the Technical Information Center and Library at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy.
Please Note: The link to the "MSHA Fatality Report Collection" on this linked page may or may not work as intended. MSHA has been notified and they're working on it. Until they have the error corrected, you can connect with the database interface here. Click on Filters, scroll down, and enter your target accident date in mm/dd/yyyy format.
Bureau of Mines Bulletin 586 (136 Mb) Alert: Very Large File
Historical Summary of Coal-Mine Explosions in the United States, 1810-1958
Bureau of Mines Bulletin 616 (24.9 Mb)
Historical Documentation of Major Coal-Mine Disasters in the United States Not Classified As Explosions of Gas or Dust: 1846-1962
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7279 (1.7 Mb)
Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (April 1944)
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7943 (2.6 Mb)
Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (Revised 1959)
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7493 (1.4 Mb)
Major Disasters at Metal and Nonmetal Mines and Quarries in the United States
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8909 (2.9 Mb)
Historical Summary of Coal Mine Explosions in the United States, 1959-1981
Bureau of Mines Annual Report
Years included: 1910/1911-1918/1919, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916-1917, 1917-1918, 1919/1920-1931/1932, 1922-1923, 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1931
Google Books - Bureau of Mines Annual Report
Historic Marker Database
An illustrated searchable online catalog of historical information viewed through the filter of roadside and other permanent outdoor markers, monuments, and plaques.
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1917 Illinois Coal Mining Fatalities
Alphabetical list of Illinois coal mining fatalities for 1917.
Illinois Mining Accidents 1883-1971
Alphabetical digest of Illinois mining fatalities from 1883-1971.
Illinois Mine Accident Index, A-K
Alphabetical digest of Illinois mining fatalities
Year covered: 1889, 1891, 1893-1948 (fatal); 1889, 1891, 1893-1925 (non-fatal)
Illinois Mine Accident Index, L-Z
Alphabetical digest of Illinois mining fatalities
Year covered: 1889, 1891, 1893-1948 (fatal); 1889, 1891, 1893-1925 (non-fatal)
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